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The Muscular System

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The Muscular System is an organ system that contains the skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles. It 's what makes the body able to move. Cardiac muscle a different than skeletal muscles because the main cardiac muscle is the heart which is controlled by the nervous system. Smooth muscles which are controlled directly by the autonomic nervous system and cannot be moved by conscious thought. Skeletal muscle system can all be moved voluntarily. Most skeletal muscles are attached to bones by a bundle of collagen fibers.

The Skeletal System is what helps the muscular system move with the muscles being attached to the bone allowing it to move the arms, legs, etc. It is the structure of the organism. There are several different types of skeletal systems

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